Installing SFCFSHA and the operating system on the NIM client using SMIT

You can install VCS and the operating system on the NIM client using the SMIT tool.

Perform these steps on each node to have SFCFSHA and AIX installed in a cluster.

To install SFCFSHA and the operating system

  1. On the NIM server, start smitty for a NIM and operating system installation.
    # smitty nim_bosinst
  2. In the menu, select the stand-alone target.
  3. In the menu, select spot - Install a copy of a SPOT resource.
  4. In the menu, select the spot resource spot-6100-up2date.
  5. In the menu, select the LPP_SOURCE. In this example, select LPP-6100-up2date.
  6. In the menu, select the following options:

    • For the ACCEPT new license agreements option, specify yes.

    • For the Additional Bundles to Install option, specify SFCFS60.

  7. For the installp flags, specify that the ACCEPT new license agreements flag has a yes value.